Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne)

1970

France

100 min

PG

Directed by: Jacques Demy

Written by: Jacques Demy, Charles Perrault

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig

Language: French

Bizarre musical fantasy about a king (Marais) who promises his dying wife (Deneuve) he will only re-marry someone more beautiful than her. But when he settles on his own daughter (also Deneuve), the fairy godmother descends and whisks the girl away, hiding her in a forest cottage and cloaking her in animal hide.